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Gentoo GLSA 200804-03: OpenSSH Privilege Escalation Issues

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Calendar Grey April 5, 2008
Dist Gentoo Esm H88
Recent vulnerabilities in OpenSSH allow local intruders to gain elevated permissions on Gentoo platforms. Prompt action required.
Two flaws have been discovered in OpenSSH which could allow local attackers to escalate their privileges.

Summary

Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200804-03 https://security.gentoo.org/ Severity: Normal Title: OpenSSH: Privilege escalation Date: April 05, 2008 Bugs: #214985, #215702 ID: 200804-03

Synopsis ======= Two flaws have been discovered in OpenSSH which could allow local attackers to escalate their privileges.
Background ========= OpenSSH is a complete SSH protocol implementation that includes an SFTP client and server support.
Affected packages ================ ------------------------------------------------------------------- Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 net-misc/openssh < 4.7_p1-r6 >= 4.7_p1-r6
========== Two issues have been discovered in OpenSSH:
* Timo Juhani Lindfors discovered that OpenSSH sets the DISPLAY variable in SSH sessions usi...

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